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18 September 1783
Cheesman, Joseph, fl. 1783
[Provision Return]
Return for men in the forgers, "forgerears" department. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with the docket signed by J. Clark.
GLC02437.02532
20 September 1783
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
[Request for rations]
Request for rations for two men going to Congress. Docket signed by John Vincent.
GLC02437.02542
24 September 1783
Browen, fl. 1783
Victualling return for one of the soldiers "of the Escort to the British Flagg from Canada." Docket signed by a John Ompey.
GLC02437.02560
28 August 1783
Swartwout, Cornelius, fl. 1776-1783
Return of ordnance, ordnance stores, apparatus &c. &c. at the garrisons of Stoney and Verplanks Points- Kings Ferry- August the 28 1783
Signed by Swartwout, Captain Lieutenant Commanding Artillery at Kings Ferry.
GLC02437.10130
August 1783
Extra issues
Hand drawn chart, apparently listing issues distributed to prisoners, engineers department, police officer garrison, Indians, discharged person, artillery artificers, and General [Jedediah] Huntington. Verso contains the single word "Cast."
GLC02437.10131
19 September 1783
Moodie, Andrew, ?-1787
[Weekly return of the New York Corps of Artillery Commanded by Major Sebastian Bauman]
Lists numbers of majors, captains, surgeons mates, gunners, and other posts present and fit for duty, sick and present, on command, on extra duty, on the staff, on duty present, and absent with leave. Includes an illegible signature in addition to...
GLC02437.10140
Weekly return of the Corps of Artillery
Lists numbers of commissioned, noncommissioned, and staff officers. Includes total numbers, or "strength of each corps respectively." Also lists numbers "fit for duty," including "sick present," "sick absent," "on duty," "absent with leave," and...
GLC02437.10141
1783
[Miscellaneous return of artillery]
Lists officers and their status (fit for duty, on command, etc.) for an unspecified location. Docket indicates "scale artillery."
GLC02437.10142
[Miscellaneous return of infantry]
Lists numbers of officers and their status ("sick present, sick absent, etc.) for regiments from Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Connecticut. Docket indicates "scale infantry."
GLC02437.10143
26 September 1783
Burbeck, Henry, 1754-1848
Monthly return of the Massachusetts Corp of Artillery
Signed by Captain Burbeck and Samuel Cooper, Adjutant. Lists numbers of officers present for duty, sick present, sick absent, etc. Includes notes for men on extra duty, on command, sick absent, on furlough, and in confinement. Also contains a list...
GLC02437.10144
16 September 1783
Mahony, John, fl. 1783
[Testimony related to Lieutenant Joseph Wheaton]
Testimony/disposition of soldiers in the Rhode Island troops in the trial of Lieutenant Wheaton, who sold rum to the soldiers at the garrison of Saratoga for profit. All three men signed with an "X" on "His Mark" at end of their testimonies. John...
GLC02437.10522
Cooper, Samuel, 1757-1840
[Return]
Return for the Massachusetts corp of artillery. Lists the rank and current status of the soldiers.
GLC02437.10523
Loomis, Libbeus, ?-1836
Partially printed document with subsequent information written in by hand. Return for a regiment of Connecticut foot soldiers. Lists men by company, rank, and present status. Countersigned by Ebenezer Huntington. Noted as printed in Philadelphia...
GLC02437.10524
Stafford, John R., ?-1812
Partially printed document with subsequent information written in by hand. Return for the third regiment of Massachusetts foot soldiers. Lists men by company, rank, and present status. Countersigned by Michael Jackson. Noted as printed in...
GLC02437.10525
GLC02437.10526
Greaton, John, 1741-1783
Partially printed document with subsequent information written in by hand. Return for the third regiment of Massachusetts foot soldiers. Lists men by company, rank, and present status. Also includes a chart for absent officers on the verso. Noted...
GLC02437.10528
Boynton, Joseph, fl. 1776-1783
Partially printed document with subsequent information written in by hand. Return for a regiment of New Hampshire foot soldiers. Lists men by company, rank, and present status. Countersigned by George Reid. Noted as printed in Philadelphia...
GLC02437.10529
6 September 1780
Collins, John, 1717-1795
Return of ordnance from the ordnance store at Springfield, Massachusetts, delivered to various locations. Items listed by type, status and delivery location.
GLC02437.10709
11 March 1783
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
to George Washington
Sends his regrets to General George Washington as he was unable to make a meeting at Head Quarters due to the the large amount of ice in the river. Discusses the "extraodinary notification and address forwarded to Colonel Crane" (the first of the...
GLC02437.01995
22 March 1783
Livingston, Robert L., 1746-1813
Written in the hand of Jonathan Trumbull, Jr., Washington's Secretary. Marked as a copy of a letter from Secretary of Foreign Affairs Livingston to General Washington. Docket in Knox's hand. Sends "the agreeable Intelligence of Peace, upon which I...
GLC02437.02018
23 March 1783
Written by Major General Knox to General Washington. Reports to Washington that he had to relieve the company of artillery under Captain Lieutenant Ephraim Fenno at Kings Ferry, due to problems with ordnance returns. Replaced Fenno's unit with the...
GLC02437.02019
Parker, Daniel, 1782-1846
In the hand of Jonathan Trumbull, Jr., Washington's Secretary. Copy of a letter from Daniel Parker to George Washington. Informs General Washington that a general peace was signed on 20 January. Says a ship from Cadiz arrived with the news...
GLC02437.02020
28 March 1783
Written by Major General Knox to General Washington. Contains florid congratulations to Washington over peace. Says "how sublime must be your sensations at this moment!" Claims it is a "happy day for America!" Retained copy.
GLC02437.02034
4 April 1783
Discusses issuing ammunition and weaponry to the troops. Warns that if every brigade orders the same proportion the number of weaponry will be immense. Retained copy.
GLC02437.02062
9 April 1783
Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804
A copy, in the hand of Washington's secretary David Cobb, of the letter Hamilton wrote as a Continental Congressman from New York to General Washington. Hamilton was writing in his capacity as a chairman of a committee (other members included Madison...
GLC02437.02078
16 April 1783
Discusses the earnings of commissioned officers and the feelings of uneasiness among noncommissioned officers due to unequal payment. Suggests discharging noncommissioned officers as soon as possible under the pretext that it is being done so that...
GLC02437.02092
19 May 1783
Discusses an "atrocious violation of the Laws of Nations" by a Mr. Honniwell and urges a just punishment for the crime. See GLC02437.02125 for a related document.
GLC02437.02126
17 April 1783
[Suggestions to George Washington regarding maintenance and expansion of the United States military]
Knox offers his opinions regarding military matters and national security following the anticipated peace between the United States and Great Britain. Suggests maintaining a strong militia, noting "Every method should be devised to make the...
GLC02437.10107
14 May 1783
Declares, "The soldiers of the regiments of this garrison have been tolerably quiet until last night, when the behaviour of most or all of the regiments was totally repugnant to discipline, & in many instances highly mutinous... the rioters appeared...
GLC02437.10109
March 7, 1783 circa
Andrews, Asa, fl. 1783
Victualing return for two army prisoners
Countersigned by [illegible] Betts and by John Doughty as Fort Major of West Point. Return of rations given to two prisoners for 3 days: 4 March to 7 March. Notes that there were 8 total rations issued. With endorsement on verso signed by Asa Fox.
GLC02437.01980
7 March 1783
[Army Rations issued to Prisoners and Artificers]
Lists men by regiment with issued rations. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw and Mr. Hopkins with a note on the verso.
GLC02437.01987
8 March 1783
[Army Rations issued to Prisoners and Detachment]
Lists men by regiment with issued rations. Countersigned by John Doughty and an illegible signature with a note from Eli King.
GLC02437.01989
March 9, 1783 circa
[Army rations issued to Engineer's Department]
Document specifying the number of persons, days, and rations issued for the engineers at West Point from 1 March to 8 March. A total of 16 persons (from the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Connecticut Regiments and the 3rd Artillery - as well as 1 hired mason)...
GLC02437.01991
March 14, 1783 circa
Doughty, John, 1754-1826
Victualing return
Return issued for the rations for 8 men over 4 days, from 10 March to 13 March. A total of 32 rations were issued. Appears to be for "ye Andrew CMarshal." Signed by Captain John Howell of the main guard and John Doughty as fort major of West Point...
GLC02437.01993
10 March 1783
to the Officers of the Army [The Newburgh Conspiracy]
Written in the hand of Samuel Shaw, this is Henry Knox's copy, and is docketed by Knox. An anonymous address to the officers of the Army, along with a call for a general meeting of officers. This particular copy was sent to the officers at West...
GLC02437.01994
17 March 1783
[Army Rations issued to Artificers and Prisoners]
Lists men by regiment with issued rations. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw and Captain [S. Butts] with a note from Matthew Geesen on verso. Date and place writ from note.
GLC02437.02002
circa March 16, 1783
[Army rations issued to prisoners]
Partially printed document detailing number or rations given to members of the [engineering] department from 9 March - 16 March. All in all, 18 persons from the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Connecticut Regiments and the 3rd Regiment of Artillery, along with 1...
GLC02437.02006
Dellezenne, Joseph, fl. 1783
[Army rations issued to Major Watters]
Document providing 6 days of rations to Major Watters of the sappers. Authorized and signed by Captain Joseph C. Dellezenn and countersigned by Major Samuel Shaw, Major General Henry Knox's aide-de-camp. Shaw noted that these rations were "chargeable...
GLC02437.02010
18 March 1783
Patten, Thomas, fl. 1777-1785
[Return of plank wanted for carriages]
Clerically signed for Henry Knox by Patten. Lists planks by number of carriages with estimates by plank length.
GLC02437.02015
16 March 1783
[Army Rations issued to the Engineer's Department]
Printed form with subsequent information filled in by hand. Lists men by regiment and company with issued rations. Countersigned by John Doughty with note from Jacob Gillet. Date and place writ from note.
GLC02437.02025
March 27, 1783 circa
[Victualing return of rations issued to a prisoner]
Return of rations issued to a prisoner from 27 March to 30 March. The prisoner appears to have been with the 1st Connecticut Regiment and was given a total of four rations. Countersigned by John Lillie and Sergeant James Bradley, stating that...
GLC02437.02033
[Certificate to John Durham Alvey]
Certifies John Alvey's resignation from the position of Post Master of the American Army and gives a good character recommendation. Written and signed for Knox by Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide-de-camp.
GLC02437.02036
29 March 1783
Lists men by company with issued rations. Countersigned by John Lillie with a note from George Groom.
GLC02437.02037
Byers, James, fl. 1767-1784
to Henry Knox
Discusses the casting of new cannon and artillery, particulary the howitzers in regards to size and length and placement of "the dolphins."
GLC02437.02039
1 March 1783
Price, William, ?-1790
[Army Rations issued to Detachment]
Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with a note on verso from Johnathan [Carley]. Lists provisions with issued rations.
GLC02437.02050
1 April 1783
Request to issue two days' worth of provisions for two deserters from the British. Includes a note on verso from [Rueben Beach].
GLC02437.02052
Batten, Thomas, fl. 1783
[Army Rations issued to Detachments]
Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with a note on verso from George Groom. Lists men by Regiment with rations issued.
GLC02437.02053
[Army Rations issued to Artificers]
Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with a note from George Groom. Lists men by company with issued rations.
GLC02437.02055
5 April 1783
Sears, Peter, fl. 1783
Countersigned by John Lillie with a note on verso by Dudley Mercer. Lists men by company with issued rations.
GLC02437.02065
[Army Rations issued to the Artificers and Engineer's Department]
Countersigned by John Lillie with a note on verso from Jacob Wight. Lists men by regiment with issued rations. Date and place writ from note.
GLC02437.02069
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